LUNAR Altimeter Meet
rescheduled to October 22nd, 2011
NASA Ames, Moffett Field
Predicted Altitude (altimeters) http://nar.org/pinkbook/22_PRA.html
C Eggloft Altitude (altimeters) http://nar.org/pinkbook/26_ELA.html
There will be kit prizes for the top winners in each event!
Predicted Altitude tips:
The prediction must be between 100 and 300 meters. You only get one flight, it has to be safe but can recover in multiple pieces, and use any contest-certified motor.
First idea: an Alpha on a B6-4 should go about 150 meters, of course practicing or a better simulation is a good idea.
Better ideas: test something at the August Ames launch, fly it and try to repeat the performance in September. Use Rocsim or OpenRocket to simulate a rocket that you know is reliable
Fun ideas: Take a rocket you were going to fly anyway, put an altimeter in your rocket, take a guess, and fly it.
C Eggloft Altitude Tips & Plans:
The idea is to launch and recover an egg to the highest altitude, this is extra hard at Ames because of the runway landings! The rocket must also carry an altimeter. Check out the list here:
http://rgc.name/prcb/altimeters.html
Neither the Quest Courier kit or the ASP kit below are 'optimal' for this event, but both will work. If you want, consider adapting the egg capsule from one of those kits onto one of the plans from the NAR website.
http://www.nar.org/competition/plans/eggloft.html (external link)
http://www.asp-rocketry.com/store/moreinfo.cfm?Product_ID=539&Category=176 (external link)
http://questaerospace.com/itemdesc.asp?ic=2011&eq=&Tp= (external link)
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